William Fitzwilliam Owen
1774–1857
Naval officer and hydrographer. Surveyed the coast of Africa, 1821–6. Superintendent of Fernando Po, 1826–9. Vice-admiral, 1854.
Sources
O’Byrne 1849
ODNB.
Bibliography
O’Byrne, William R. 1849. A naval biographical dictionary: comprising the life and services of every living officer in Her Majesty’s Navy, from the rank of admiral of the fleet to that of lieutenant, inclusive. London: John Murray.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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